drums1 wrote on 09/17/11 at 15:43:10:Good lawd, that looked almost like my side covers. Nice polish job. So, the clear coat can't just be sanded off? You need to use stripper 1st?
You can sand the clear coat, but it's a lot faster to use stripper. Besides, in some instances, it's mostly the clear that's damaged. Once it's stripped you might find that most of the aluminum is fine. If you sand the clear off, then you scratch all the aluminum, even if it was fine before.